Five more arrested in paper leak scam
Chandigarh, July 3
The Chandigarh Police today arrested five more persons from Ludhiana, including three MBBS students, in connection with the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences’ PMET question paper leak scam.

Godrej employee’s murder: three arrested
Mohali, July 3
In a breakthrough, the local police claims to have solved the murder of a Godrej employee with the arrest of three persons here today. Jatinder Singh was killed on a road near Sector 71 on May 10.

The three murder accused arrested by the police in Mohali on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Woman raped in religious study centre
Chandigarh, July 3
Two employees of the Sector 28-based Shri Guru Granth Sahib Vidya Kendra allegedly raped a middle-aged woman on Sunday night on the premises of the institute. The victim told the police that the accused had called her there
on the pretext of getting her a job in the institute.

Chandigarh, July 3
The Chandigarh Administration’s move to repair roads and build rain water drains along all major roads have come as a rude shock to city commuters with the newly built sewer drains giving way with the mild showers that hit the city last night and early today morning.

Newly built rain water drain on the dividing road of Sector 18 and 19 that got washed away in rain that lashed the city on Sunday night.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

OUTING AT NIGHT: A family enjoys the scene and feels the breeze emanating from water jets of the musical fountain at Rose Garden in Chandigarh on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

UT notifies twin basements in the city
Chandigarh, July 3
In an important development, the Chandigarh Administration has issued a notification allowing twin basement in big buildings of the city.
In order to curb the problem of parking in a changed scenario of the city where
the number of vehicles has multiplied manifold, the administration says “one
basement shall be mandatory in specified categories of buildings.

Cool showers for a thirsty city
The night of July 2 brought with it the blessing of rain and a good shower followed the next afternoon. Monsoon is here at last after a long dry spell of the sweltering heat scorching the earth and its inhabitants. Monsoon is the season of love, longing, and hope.
Thus it brings along many celebrations and festivals. However, it is too
early to start rejoicing. Let the good earth be soaked by more rain and
then there will be time aplenty to rejoice.

Cong leader’s statement may stir hornet’s nest
Zirakpur, July 3
The statement of Mr Balbir Singh Bartana, a veteran Congress leader and the father of late Ravinder Singh Sohi, that no member of his family would contest the coming Punjab Assembly elections may stir a hornet’s nest.

Cong office inaugurated
Mohali, July 3
An office of the Mohali district unit of the Congress party was set up here today. The office was inaugurated by Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, president PPCC.
Mr Balbir Singh Sidhu, who was made president of the Mohali district unit of the
Congress, took charge of the office.

IAF reorienting aircrew training
Para-drops in shorter span of time
Chandigarh, July 3
Consequent to lessons learnt during Exercise Sanghe Shakti, a massive exercise held over a month ago, the Air Force is re-orienting its aircrew training to conduct para-drops in a shorter span of time.

Rotarians to focus on literacy
Chandigarh, July 3
Providing literacy to every individual will be the focus of the new team of the Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik. These were the words of the Rotarian Harshvir Singh Jaspal who was installed as the new president of the club at a function held here last night.Past president Sarabjit Singh pins the Rotary colour on the new president of the Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik, Harshvir Singh Jaspal, at the installation ceremony held in Chandigarh. On the extreme left is the chief guest, Mr Vivek Atray.

Fauji Beat
Should we learn from American experience?
THE question currently doing the rounds in India is: Whether or not women should be drafted into the combat arms? To get a straight answer to this question, we can seize upon the American experience.

Ex-AG Mattewal honoured in Canada
Chandigarh, July 3
The Toronto-based Asian Connections Radio and a host of NRI organisations honoured Mr
H.S. Mattewal, former Advocate General, Punjab, at Mississauga, Canada recently.Mr
Mattewal has been providing free legal consultancy to NRIs through a fortnightly
one-hour live programme on the Legal Helpline broadcast on Asian Connections
since the past two years. He was felicitated for the selfless legal services
extended to the Indian diaspora.

H.S. Mattewal

Saini is NIPM chief
Chandigarh, July 3
The annual general meeting of the National Institute of Personnel Management (Punjab Chapter) was held here and an installation ceremony was organised for its unopposed elected office-bearers for 2006-2008.

Surprise over LTTE apology
Chandigarh, July 3
Describing the LTTE as a terrorist organisation, the Rajiv Gandhi Society, in a press statement today said such elements should be dealt with sternly.

Youth drowns near Tohana
Dera Bassi, July 3
Maninder Pal Singh (28) of Shakti Nagar in Dera Bassi, had drowned in a canal near Tohana in Haryana on Wednesday. His body was brought to the township today

Chandigarh, July 3
The local police today arrested a self-style doctor and his wife on allegations of kidnapping and raping a minor girl of the Janata Colony in Sector 25, here. The police said they were arrested from Ambala Railway Station and the victim was also recovered from them.

Sunil Kumar, accused of kidnapping and raping a minor, in police custody, along with his wife and daughter, in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

One held for cheating insurance company
Chandigarh, July 3
The local police today arrested a Sector 23 resident on the allegation of duping an insurance company by claiming compensation for his car after lodging a false case of theft of the same car at a police station in Haryana.

3 hurt in group clash; shots fired
Lalru, July 3
Three persons were injured, one of them seriously, in a group clash at Khelan village bordering Haryana, near here, today.
According to the police, the fight broke over a land dispute between two groups
led by Satinderpal of Babial village and Rajinder Pandit of Malheri village.

Students line up for admission at Government College for Girls, Sector 11, in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

BCom, BCA, Biotech most sought after courses in cityChandigarh, July 3Most BCom, BCA and BSc biotechnology seats in various city colleges were filled on the first day of counselling for admission to various courses being offered by them.
Even as students who had applied in more than one college rushed from one college to the other.

PU admissionsChandigarh, July 3
The admission schedule of various departments of Panjab University for the academic session 2006-2007 is as under:
Department of Economics: Counselling for admission to BA I (Hons. School) five-year integrated programme in economics and MA I (economics), general as well as all reserved categories, will be held on July 5 (including foreign/PIO/NRI/NRI-sponsored/ industry-sponsored) at 9 am.

Admn to award scholarships to promote HindiChandigarh, July 3
With the aim of promoting Hindi language, the Education Department of the Chandigarh Administration has decided to award five scholarships to students of non-Hindi-speaking states to pursue post-matric courses in Hindi.

Military college test on Dec 1, 2Chandigarh, July 3
The written entrance examination to the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun for the July 2007 term would be conducted on December 1 and 2, 2006. Applications in duplicate should reach the respective District Sainik Welfare Officer by September 30.

Workshop by Pracheen Kala Kendra endsChandigarh, July 3The 14th annual production-oriented workshop conducted by the Pracheen Kala Kendra concluded with a delightful display of musical and dancing skills by artistes at the kendra auditorium here.

Students of Pracheen Kala Kendra perform at a cultural programme in Chandigarh
on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph

‘Your
Place or Mine’ on July 7Chandigarh, July 3An English comedy theatre ‘Your
Place or Mine’ will be staged at Tagore Theatre on July 7. The play
is being presented by HSBC, and will be premiering with this
performance in Chandigarh.

Award for
physicianChandigarh, July 3Dr A.P. Sanwaria, a noted physician and cardiologist, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Indian Medical Association
at a formal function at DMA Hall, Daryaganj, New Delhi.

Football euphoria catches up in cityChandigarh, July 3The battle lines have been drawn and the excitement is building for what promises to be the most popular sporting event in the world. The World Cup Football 2006!All eyes are now fixed on the outcome of the first semifinal match between Germany and Italy, to be played tomorrow i.e. on July 5 and in another semifinal the 1998 champions France will face Portugal, who have made it to the semifinal after a gap of around 40 years, on July 6.

New martial art training
centreChandigarh, July 3
A new training centre of martial art ‘Choi kwang Do’ is coming up at YWCA, Sector 11 B here.
“A person of any age can learn this art, which is purely based on yoga and scientific methods”, said Bikram S Thapa, fourth degree black belt (USA) international instructor-cum- examiner and Chief Technical Director of Choi Kwang Do Martial Art International, India.
Choi Kwang Do martial art trainees in action.
— A Tribune photograph